BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 40
Author: John A. Pérez (D), et al.
Amended: 4/8/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 4/8/13
SUBJECT : Donate Life California Day: drivers license
SOURCE : Donate Life California
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims April 9, 2013, as
DMV/Donate Life California Day and April 2013 as DMV/Donate Life
California Month in California; encourages all Californians to
register with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor
Registry when applying for or renewing a driver's license or
identification card or by signing up at
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1. A single individual's donation of heart, lungs, liver,
kidneys, pancreas, and small intestine can save up to eight
lives. The donation of tissue can save and enhance the lives
of up to 50 others; and, a single blood donation can help
three people in need.
2. Californians by the millions are joining together to save and
enhance lives by becoming registered donors; and, California
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residents can register with the Donate Life California
Registry when applying for or renewing a driver's license or
identification card at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
3. Organ, tissue, eye, and blood donation are compassionate and
life-giving acts; and, thousands of patients die each year
while waiting for a transplant due to a shortage of donated
organs.
This resolution proclaims April 9, 2013, as DMV/Donate Life
California Day and April 2013 as DMV/Donate Life California
Month in California; encourages all Californians to register
with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry
when applying for or renewing a driver's license or
identification card or by signing up at
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org or www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/10/13)
Donate Life California (source)
Department of Motor Vehicles
AB:k 4/10/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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